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LAURA BENANTI of SWING! holds AOL/Culturefinder Celebrity Online Chat MONDAY, APRIL 17 at 9:00PM (EST)
Laura Benanti, of the new hit Broadway musical "SWING!," holding her first AOL online chat, as part of Culturefinder's Meet-the-Pros Celebrity Chat Series on Monday, April 17 at 9PM. The chat is reachable by accessing CultureFinder.Com, or Keyword: EXC on America Online. The chat is the latest in CultureFinder's Extreme Culture series, an educational online community dedicated to the arts. Past guests include Marin Mazzie, Luciano Pavarotti, Paul Gemignani, and Keith Lockhart. The transcript of the chat will be posted on both CultureFinder's AOL and web sites. Laura Benanti returns to Broadway after her debut as Maria in "The Sound of Music" opposite Richard Chamberlain, for which she received rave reviews. She has appeared at the Paper Mill Playhouse in "Jane Eyre" and "Man of La Mancha." Workshops include "City of Dreams" (Mary, Ensemble Studio Theater), "Summer" (Charity, York Theater Co.), Julia in ""Time and Again," Esmeralda in Disney's "Hunchback" and "The Royal Family of Broadway" by acclaimed composer William Finn. Ms. Benanti received Paper Mill's first Rising Star Award for Outstanding Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical. "SWING!," opened at the St. James Theatre (246 West 44th Street) on December 9 to rave reviews. "SWING!"" is directed and choreographed by Lynne Taylor-Corbett and supervised by four-time Tony Award-winner Jerry Zaks. "SWING!" features world-class swing dancers, a hot contemporary swing band and acclaimed jazz/pop singers, cutting loose to over 30 new and classic swing songs and dance numbers that reflect the current neo-swing dances sweeping the country today, embracing West Coast, Country-Western, Latin and Traditional Swing dancing. For further information, visit the official website for SWING!: www.SwingOnBroadway.com . "SWING!" plays at the St. James Theatre (246 West 44th Street), according to the following schedule: Tuesday-Saturday at 8PM; Wednesday and Saturday at 2PM and Sunday at 3PM. Tickets are $20 - $80 and are available by calling Telecharge at (212) 239-6200 or 1 (800) 432-7250. Additionally, $20 "Rush" tickets are sold at the Box Office for same-day performances.
